Arkady Smolyansky

Arkady Smolyansky is a Senior Vice President in the New York City office of CBRE, the world’s largest commercial real estate firm. As a tenant representative specialist, Arkady advises a variety of local, national and international firms on evaluating and implementing strategic real estate plans. Arkady bases his practice on cultivating exclusive, long-term relationships with clients, an approach that has enabled him to structure a wide range of complex leasing transactions totaling nearly 5,000,000 square feet on behalf of tenants and landlords.

With extensive knowledge of the New York City real estate market, Arkady—an eight-time recipient of CBRE’s market leadership award—devises creative deals for his clients in the leasing, acquisition and disposition of commercial properties/office space, utilizing sophisticated relocation methods and occupancy cost reduction strategies. In addition to representing a strong roster of tenants, Arkady represents landlords on assets throughout Manhattan. He currently advises the LeFrak Organization as the leasing agent for 40 West 57th Street, a prestigious 850,000-sq.-ft. office property in the Plaza District, and he represents Boston Properties in leasing 399 Park Avenue, a prominent full-block 1.7 million-sq.-ft. building, as well as 599 Lexington Avenue, a one million-sq.-ft. office tower. He is also part of the teams that are repositioning the Olayan Group/RXR/Chelsfield’s 550 Madison Avenue, EQ Office’s(Blackstone's) 1740 Broadway and The Georgetown Company’s redevelopment at 787 Eleventh Avenue. Arkady‘s ability to understand the ramifications of a transaction from both the landlord and tenant side enables him to devise creative and effective real estate solutions for his clients.

Prior to joining CBRE’s Brokerage Services Group in 2008, Arkady participated in the firm’s highly competitive Wheel Program, an 18-month rotational program designed to give young brokerage professionals a well-rounded foundation in the commercial real estate industry. Arkady’s commercial real estate career began in 2005, as an intern for CBRE’s Investment Properties Group.

Arkady is a proud graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University, where he was a four-year member of the Men’s Varsity Tennis team and founded the Finance Club, serving as President for several years. Arkady most recently founded and launched an annual scholarship fund at the University where he was also recognized as the top 50 Under 50 alumni leaders in business in 2015.  He emigrated from the former Soviet Union to the U.S. in 1989, previously lived in Italy and Austria, and frequently travels internationally.

Professional Affiliations/Accreditations

Member, Real Estate Board of New York (REBNY)

Licensed Real Estate Broker, New York

CBRE Production Awards – 2017, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013

CoStar’s Top 20 Office Leasing Brokers – 2016

CBRE Market Information Leadership Award, 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2010, 2008, 2007

CBRE Wheel Program Graduate – 2008

Arkady Smolyansky Annual Scholarship Fund, Fairleigh Dickinson University – Founder

50 Under 50 Alumni Leaders in Business, FDU Silberman College of Business - Recipient, 2015

Member, FDU Silberman College of Business – Next Gen Board

Member, International Rescue Committee (IRC) – GenR Leadership Committee

United States Professional Tennis Association, Certified Professional 3

Education

Fairleigh Dickinson University, Bachelor of Science in Finance

Significant Assignments

Tenant Representation

Firm | Location

RSF

Transaction Type

BetterCloud | 330 Seventh Avenue

25,500

Acquisition/Relocation/Expansion

Bergdorf Goodman (The Neiman Marcus Group) | 4 West 58th Street     

40,000

Acquisition

BC Partners | 650 Madison Avenue/667 Madison Avenue

20,000

Acquisition/Disposition

Bonnier Corp | 2 Park Avenue

27,000

Disposition

Centron

Communications | 1745 Broadway

28,000

Acquisition/Relocation

Chicago Title Insurance Company | 711 Third Avenue

31,000

Acquisition/Renewal

Commonwealth Land Title Insurance | 685 Third Avenue

20,000

Acquisition

Constellation Advisers | 1212 Avenue of the Americas

23,000

Acquisition/Expansion

COOKFOX Architects | 250 West 57th Street

20,000

Acquisition

Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP | 825 Eighth Avenue

40,000

Disposition

D.E.

Shaw | 1166 Avenue of the Americas

39,075

Disposition

eMusic | 39 West 13th Street

25,000

Disposition

EVERBANK | 90 Park Avenue, 780 Third Avenue

17,000

Acquisition

Fidelity National Financial | 350 Fifth Avenue

10,000

Acquisition

Gilmore

Group | 91 Fifth Avenue

15,000

Expansion/Renewal

JANA

Partners | 767 Fifth Avenue

10,000

Disposition

Legg

Mason | 620 Eighth Avenue

66,000

Disposition

NYC

Office Suites |733 Third Avenue

32,000

Acquisition

NY Physician | 635 Madison Avenue

30,000

Acquisition

Pantheon

Ventures | 1095 Avenue of the Americas

10,000

Acquisition

ProPublica | 155 Avenue of the Americas

15,000

Acquisition

Ranieri Partners | 650 Madison Avenue

13,000

Disposition

Tangent

Capital | 135 East 57th Street

12,800

Acquisition/Relocation

Teneo

Holdings | 601 Lexington Avenue

16,000

Disposition

VaynerMedia | 373 Park Avenue South

17,500

Disposition

WorkFusion | 48 Wall Street

 14,000

Acquisition/Expansion

Owner/Landlord Representation

Firm | Location

RSF

Boston Properties | 399 Park Avenue

1,700,000

Boston Properties | 599 Lexington Avenue

1,050,000

Boston Properties | 250 West 55th Street

1,000,000

Brookfield | 1619 Broadway, The Brill Building

175,000

C&K Properties | Two Gateway, Newark, NJ

830,000

EQ Office (Blackstone) | 1740 Broadway

600,000

The Georgetown Company | 787 Eleventh Avenue

500,000

Kensico Properties | 509 Madison Avenue

160,000

LeFrak Organization | 40 West 57th Street

850,000

Mack-Cali Realty | Harborside Financial Center

 8,000,000

Marx Realty | 708 Third Avenue

420,000

MetLife Investments/Beacon Capital | 575 Fifth Avenue                     

570,000

New York Times Company | 620 Eighth Avenue (Condo)

620,000

Olayan Group/RXR/Chelsfield | 550 Madison Avenue

850,000

RFR Realty | 350 Madison Avenue

380,000

Rock US Holdings | 100 Fifth Avenue, 104 Fifth Avenue

250,000

Salamon Family Fund | 628 Broadway

70,000